If nursing homes want to improve quality of care, it is imperative that they reduce staff turnover, and focus their efforts more on retention than recruitment. This is according to a JAMA study released Monday, which also revealed that the average annual turnover rate in nursing homes was as high as 128%, indicating a revolving […]
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Stays at skilled nursing facilities without a prior hospital stay increased dramatically during the pandemic, but patient care costs did not see a major increase. That’s according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The study also found that SNF stays were linked with “potentially” faster discharge for […]
As nursing home operators find themselves in the middle of a tripledemic – with Covid-19 cases, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the flu on the rise during winter months – concerted efforts to get staff and residents boosted against Covid have fallen by the wayside. And nursing home operators dealing with staffing shortages and burnout, […]
Florida nursing homes, already strapped for staff while the sector continues to face a historic workforce crisis on a national level, now are enduring Hurricane Ian and bracing for its aftermath. The storm was making its way north and across the state on Wednesday. The Florida Health Care Association (FHCA) said facilities have been preparing […]
Even in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) without active Covid-19 outbreaks, the pandemic exacted a toll on residents in the form of increased weight loss and depressive symptoms. These facts likely will not come as a surprise to SNF operators who have observed changes in their residents, but there is now data confirming these trends, thanks […]
Capital providers dealing in the skilled nursing space are pushing back on the White House’s position on institutional capital, stressing the need for it in the sector. While institutional capital is critical to many of the key players in the space, some capital providers say newer owner-operators will have a hard time getting the necessary […]
The value-based purchasing program (VBP) available to skilled nursing facilities, while garnering the attention of the Biden administration in its sweeping reform initiatives, was already under the microscope with federal agencies. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) already has been authorized to apply nine measures to the program in adherence with the Consolidated […]
Skilled nursing workers are in the midst of a mass exodus from the profession, and not even unprecedented wage increases can compensate for the concerns of the 238,000 caregivers who have left the industry since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The combination of workload, environment, culture and the physical and emotional strain exacerbated an […]
The value-based purchasing program (VBP) may not be offering sufficient incentives for nursing homes to improve, particularly for low-performing facilities in areas with underserved populations. Only 0.7% of poor-performing skilled nursing facilities were able to improve enough to avoid a financial penalty under VBP, a JAMA study found – the program didn’t “offer a viable […]
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to put pressure on an already strained skilled nursing industry in 2021. The next 12 months will be yet another test of resilience. Looking ahead to 2022, SNFs must stay nimble and inventive to not only survive but thrive. Private equity will continue to lead the nursing home transaction market pack, […]
Private equity acquisition of nursing homes is tied to increases in emergency room visits, hospitalizations and higher Medicare costs, according to a recently published JAMA Health Forum study. The study found PE firm-owned nursing homes were 11.1% more likely to have an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) emergency department (ED) visit and 8.7% more likely to […]
Voluntary bundled payment programs might not be the best way of tackling spending on post-acute care (PAC), at least according to a research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In fact, just 3.7% of PAC organizations took part in Model 3 of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative, which targets PAC […]
Despite concerns about the rise of home health in the era of value-based care, institutional post-acute care (PAC) use among Medicare beneficiaries actually rose between 2000 and 2015 — while discharges to the home fell over the same time period, according to a research letter published in JAMA. Specifically, the adjusted percentage of nearly 138 […]
Only a very small percentage of nursing home residents who would benefit from palliative care typically receive it, according to a new study released Monday by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The researchers, which included representatives from the University of California, San Francisco and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, analyzed […]
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